After a two night media cruise aboard Norwegian Cruise Line’s “Norwegian Epic”, we decided to do a post night stay in a hotel along Biscayne Bay in Miami. Our hotel, The DoubleTree Grand Hotel – Biscayne Bay was right on the harbor and what an awesome view to wake up to in the morning, the [...]
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When I got into work this morning I almost couldnt believe my eyes. My travel show (Cruise Radio) month end reports were released and the Cruise Radio listenership is over 31,000 people a week! To think that a show under a year old is getting more views than a lot local TV/ Radio stations blows my mind. I wish [...]
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Hilton Pensacola Beach Gulf Front 12 Via de Luna Drive Pensacola Beach, Florida, United States 32561 Tel: 1-850-916-2999 Fax: 1-850-934-0891 We stayed at this property while taping Cruise Radio and they exceeded our expectations. The property in centrally located, beach front, walking distance to restaurants and shops, along with nice interior corridors… not to mention Beach Front! Check in [...]
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While taking a cruise out of your home port is always a great idea…. it’s not always that easy. Recently, I caught a cruise out of Miami, Florida so we will use that as our case study. Living in Jacksonville, Florida it was about a five hour road trip down to Miami. We left Jacksonville [...]
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Tags: cruise parking, cruise ship, MIAMI FLORIDA, pier parking
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This year I will be thirty and I have yet to get a passport, until this week. With my Cruise Radio show exploding at the seams it will be anytime until I get invited overseas to cover a new ship release or a dry dock visit (I can dream right?) ….so this week I took [...]
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We took a last minute cruise on the NCL ‘Sky’ for a three day Bahamas cruise to tape an episode of Cruise Radio and it was pretty eventful. Since my radio show is independent, I can have an unbiased look at it all. We are both in our 20′s, so of course having fun was [...]
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| Tags: great stirrup cay, MIAMI FLORIDA, nassau bahamas, Norwegian Cruise Lines, Norwegian Sky, port of miami
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The Cruise Guy, Stewart Chiron joins us talking about Carnival Cruise Lines rate increase, a new cruise ship to be home-ported in Tampa, Florida and the noro-virus outbreak on the Celebrity Mercury. An avid traveler and an award-winning journalist, Ralph Grizzle joins us with a recent article he wrote called “Extracting More Joy from Your Cruise.” Frequent [...]
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| Tags: Carnival Cruise Lines, cruise, travel tweets, travel writer, twitter
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(from ABC News) Secrets to Booking the Best Cruise Vacation Learn How to Sort Through All the Cruise Ship ‘Sale’ Hoopla Column by STEWART CHIRON, CEO of CruiseGuy.com. Follow him on Twitter at Twitter.com/CruiseGuy Feb. 2, 2010— A new year is finally here and who doesn’t need a vacation from 2009? The cruise industry fared [...]
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| Tags: money saving tips, Secrets to Booking the Best Cruise Vacation, travel, value
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Every day I get questions from first time cruisers or just folks who have general questions about cruising. Now, while I have never claimed to be an expert, if I don’t have the answer, I will get it. I checked my email after getting back into town today and someone asked me a question about [...]
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| Tags: alternative dining, cruise blog, cruise radio, Meals on a Cruise Ship
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I got an email this morning asking me if cruise lines gave military discounts and if so, what are they? Fair enough. Taking advantage of a military discount is a must if you are or were in the armed forces. Cruise lines often offer discounts up to 50% off the booking rate with proper military [...]
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